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Baghdad Branch of the Orient Department

The Baghdad Branch was founded in 1955 as the Baghdad Department and has been a part of the Orient Department since 1996. With its establishment, a constant, and very fruitful tradition of German archaeological research in Iraq has been persued and administrated. It's working focus encompasses Mesopotamian cultures from prehistoric times to the Islamic Middle Ages. The Branch is currently directed from Berlin. Since 2003 the focus of the work lies on the preservation of cultural heritage of Iraq. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Baghdad branch in 2005 the book "50 Jahre Forschungen im Irak 1955-2005" was published.
 
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Library

Reference library with approx. 500 volumes and 15 periodicals. 

Photo Archives

The photo collection covers all classes of monument, from the early Bronze Age to the Islamic Era, principally in Syria, the main focus of it being documentation of the Institute's excavation projects. 

Archives / Collections

The branch office posesses an extensive study collection of archaeological finds from Uruk-Warka. Small finds, ceramics and test materials were received by Heidelberg during the 50s and 60s as part of the official division of finds with the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. The collection is curated by the University of Heidelberg and open to the general public. 

Publications

From 1960 to 2006 appeared the Baghdader Mitteilungen(Baghdad Disclosures). Since 2007 they were incorporated as fascicle into the newly created annual "Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie". The Baghdader Forschungen(Baghdad Research) series is produced at irregular intervals. Ausgrabungen in Uruk-Warka, Endberichte, Endberichte (Excavations in Uruk-Warka, Final Reports) will be published as a further series. 

50 years of research in Iraq 1955-2005
Dr. Arnold Nöldeke, Briefe aus Uruk-Warka 1931-1939
Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie

Calendar of Events

Also see the general event diary. 

Address

German Archaeological Institute
Baghdad Branch of the Orient Department
Currently closed, see address of Orient Department Berlin
Tel.: +49-(0)3018-7711-0
E-Mail: orient@dainst.de

Staff

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Senior Section

Orient Department

Current Projects

Arbil Excavation of a cemetery and an Iron Age settlement (2nd half 1. mill. BC), documentation of a neo-assyrian tomb. Training initiative for archaeologists.
 
Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah) The Orient Department supports the longstanding archaeological fieldwork of the University of Baghdad at ancient Sippar with selective training and publication projects.
 
Uruk (Warka) Research on the urban development of the metropolis of the legendary king Gilgamesh (5th m. BC - 4th c. AD)
 
x. closed project: Iraq, Tell Harmal The excavations in Tell Harmal were carried out from 1997 to 1999 by Dr. Peter Miglus on behalf of the Orient Department of the German Archeaological Institute. The work was supported by the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage of Iraq, represented by Laith M. Hussein.
 
x. closed project: Iraq, Wadi Hauran Regional survey in the Wadi Hauran (Western Iraq) with new results for land use and settlement of the wadi in the pre-pottery Neolithic Period (7th/6th millennium BC) as well as for the presence of nomads since the second half of the 1st millennium BC.
 
   
   
 
 

updated: 09/05/2009

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